Pat:

I'm not sure it is just a coincidence at all.

Remember about a year or two ago, when I had an RFI problem in the shack 
here that I simply couldn't solve?

Tore the whole shack apart, only to find that when I totally disconnected 
the foot pedal to my Heil Gold Line mic, the problem went away.

So, off to the Heil shop my foot pedal went, and they replaced it with no 
questions asked.

This is not at all a complaint against Bob Heil and company.

I think a lot of times cables and such are simply mass produced, and there 
is no way to truly insure quality control.

I would have been much more upset if Heil had not addressed the problem, but 
Bob Heil personally followed up on it himself, which was really refreshing 
in my book.

So, give them a call, and explain the problem, and I bet they'll treat you 
right.

Good luck, and please let me know how things turn out.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 9:03 PM
Subject: Mike hum


> Tom,
> For what it is worth:
> I have an intermittent him with my Heil mike, the one designed for
> Icom use.  Mine is intermittent and perhaps is based somewhere in the
> male plug, but I can't isolate it and some sighted, competent ham
> friends can't eyeball it either.  Its cable doesn't seem to
> disconnect at the base end of the mike like other Heil products so I
> can't try a replacement plug.  Should send it back to Bob and let him
> eeal with it.  My point is; perhaps we need to watch heil cables and
> plugs just a bit.  Or perhaps just a coincidence.
> Pat, K9JAU
>